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Table 3 Financial incentives offered to trial participants

From: Physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy (LEAP) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Incentive occasion

Maximum financial incentive, GBP

Exercise group

Control group

Annual lottery with three prizes of £100a for attending at least 80% of treatment sessions

100

100

£7b travel expenses for each session attended

98 (14 sessions)

42 (6 sessions)

£10a for follow-up at end of pregnancy

10

10

£10a for follow-up at 6 months after birth

10

10

£25a if ≥ 5 days of Actigraph data recorded

25

NA

Total

£243

£162

  1. NA, not applicable.
  2. aShopping vouchers, bcash.